The point isn't that Santorum's tactics are the same as the Taliban -- he is no Mullah Omar -- but his selective Catholicism serves a larger twisted political agenda:
It's true Santorum is nowhere near as ruthless as Mullah Omar, doesn't force his wife to wear a burqa and isn't in favor of banning music, yet the former Pennsylvania Senator doesn't seem opposed to living in the Dark Ages. If Santorum had his way contraception would be illegal, children would be home-schooled, women wouldn't work and a Christian form of Sharia law would rule the day.
Santorum claims law should comport to the Bible, but is very inconsistent on this point:
Santorum justifies stances against abortion and gay marriage by claiming all civil law must comport to God's natural law as interpreted by the Catholic Church. Yet via papal fiat and/or bishopric mandate the Church has expressed unambiguous moral support for universal healthcare, welfare for needy families and the protection of worker's rights, all of which Santorum proudly opposes because they amount to nothing more than liberal "entitlements". There are countless pious right-wingers like Santorum who espouse a half-assed belief in "the Word" and disingenuously describe themselves as fully "pro-life" when they are really just "pro-birth". These so-called Catholics seem to stop caring for life once the fetus sprouts into an actual human being that needs to be fed, clothed, sheltered and given an equal opportunity to pursue happiness.
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